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Did Sex Scandal Force Police Watchdog Kelvyn Anderson Out?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netHe gained a reputation as a reformer and a watchdog while investigating allegations of police misconduct. But did his own misconduct, in the form of an alleged sex...
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D.A. Seth Williams Not Running For Reelection
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netDistrict Attorney R. Seth Williams is expected to announce this morning that he will not run for reelection.The city's first African American District Attorney, elected...
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Newsweek: Philly D.A. Declined To Prosecute "Iron-Clad" Cases
By Ralph CiprianoWhen the alarm went off inside a closed Bank of America branch in South Philadelphia, a security camera captured a suspect wearing a hoodie “attempting to gain access to the vault” and...
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Our Corrupt D.A. And Four "Truly Innocent" Men That He Put In Jail
AP/Matt RourkeBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThere was a truly cringe-worthy moment at Seth Williams' press conference on Friday where the teary D.A. announced that he wouldn't seek a third term in...
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The Cops, The D.A., And That South Philly Bank Job
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netEverybody agrees that on the morning of Sept. 30, 2016, the police caught Kenneth D. Dixon, 20, of West Philadelphia, inside a Bank of America branch at 23rd and Oregon...
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D.A.'s Office Under Seth Williams Won't Prosecute Domestic Violence
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOn Nov. 22, 2015, Timothy Cohen, 38, of West Philadelphia, a patron at the Liberty Bar, put a hat on the head of a female bar employee.Cohen then allegedly used the...
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Did Seth Spend Valentine's Day With The Feds?
AP/Matt RourkeBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netReports swept through the city today regarding Seth Williams and the feds.The first reports involved the feds allegedly escorting Williams out of the...
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The Cop Who Took Down The Mob
By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netHe grew up in North Jersey.He could have been a wise guy.Instead, he became a cop.And spent his career building cases that destroyed the mob. Read the full story...
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Missing In Domestic Abuse Case: "A Chunk Of Her HaIr"
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe victim, a 36-year-old female, was shaking and crying when the police showed up.She told the cops she had been arguing with her boyfriend when he "grabbed her and...
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D.A.'s Office To Start Charging More Domestic Violence Suspects
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIn an abrupt about-face, the beleaguered District Attorney's Office has decided to start charging more suspects in domestic violence cases, even if the victim declines...
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Shame Of The City: Rufus Seth Williams, Our Lawless D.A.
Our contrite D.A. announcing he won't run againBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netLast week, our beleaguered District Attorney R. Seth Williams gave a brief defense of his time in office as the city's...
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Seth Williams Barred From Union League
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOne night last week, R. Seth Williams, our scandal-plagued District Attorney, stopped by the Union League.But on this night, Williams, a longtime league member, was...
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A Quiet End To A Violent Era: No Mourners Or Eulogies For Little Nicky
Reprinted with permission from Gang Land NewsBy George AnastasiaNicodemo (Little Nicky) Scarfo checked out quietly.The remains of the former Philadelphia mob boss were returned to the Philadelphia area...
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Shroud Of Secrecy Descends Over Long-Running Msgr. Lynn Case
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netA hearing where Judge Gwendolyn N. Bright was supposed to rule on a defense motion to dismiss the retrial of Msgr. William J. Lynn has been moved to March 24th, at 2...
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The FBI Agent Who Tipped An Inquirer Reporter
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netA court-appointed lawyer for Chaka Fattah Jr. argues that the federal indictment against him should be dismissed because of an "improper and corrupt" relationship...
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That Liberal Media Bubble
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIn case anybody missed it, Nate Silver over at fivethirtyeight.com has written an essay, "There really was a liberal media bubble," that blames the media's inability to...
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FBI Exonerated Former PSU President Spanier; Found No Cover-Up
The Penn State sex scandal is making headlines again.Former Athletic Director Tim Curley and former PSU Vice President Gary Schultz, scheduled to go on trial next week on charges of endangering the...
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How Bad Case Law Made In Philly Came Back to Haunt Graham Spanier
By Ralph CiprianoFor BigTrial.netIn a Harrisburg courtroom today, Graham Spanier, the former president of Penn State University, went on trial on two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.Sadly,...
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Feds: D.A. Rufus Seth Williams Did Favors For Criminals, Stole Money From An...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAccording to the feds, when District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams received the gift of a custom-made, chocolate-colored sofa worth $3,212, he texted the business owner...
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Curley And Schultz Score Points For Defense Before Prosecutors Rest Lame Case...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWith their recent plea bargains in hand, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz showed up at the Penn State sex abuse trial today to testify against their old boss, former PSU...
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